Magazines: A Year of New York

Even Jimmy Breslin, an original investor
and contributing editor of New York magazine, "woulda bet anything in
the world it'd be nothin' but a memory by now." But the breezy weekly
surprised the skeptics by celebrating its first birthday last week.

New York's all-star team was on quintessential display in the
anniversary issue: Gloria Steinem crusading for women's rights, 'Adam
Smith' (actually George J. W. Goodman) contemplating conglomerates, Tom
Wolfe on street fight etiquette, and Jimmy Breslin capturing the real
Joe Namath. "Namath was shaking his head," wrote Breslin. " 'Boy, that
was a real memory job. You know, I only...